F926 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2024
Alabama cites F926 more often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share6.54×
6.54 times the share F926 takes of citations nationally.
Share of Alabama citations0.36%
Of every deficiency written in Alabama in 2024, this is the portion that was F926.
Alabama0.36%
National0.06%
Share of all citations that were F926.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F926 findings written in Alabama, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
K · Immediate jeopardy, patternJune 3, 2024
Based on record review, interviews, and a facility policy titled Smoking Policy the facility failed to develop and implement a smoking policy that defined vapes, storage of vapes, charging of vapes, where vapes were permitted, addressed noncompliance of vapes, provided instructions for the use of the facility's Smoking Safety Evaluation tool, and the development of person-centered care plans for residents with the desire to vape.
This failure affected Resident Identifier (RI) #286, one of one resident sampled for vaping, and RI #25, RI #34, RI #48, and RI #80 who did not have care planned interventions to ensure their safety while smoking as indicated by their Smoking Safety Evaluation tool. …
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